Thanks Bernard, as usual, a very good article. But please don‘t forget to mention that teenage girls who say that they are trans often do that a) because they want to escape enduring the many assaults on their female body (harassment by boys, sexual assault, rape, needing to agree to pornsex involving choking and anal sex) and b) because they are attracted to other girls/women but know that being a lesbian would not be acceptable to their parents. Abigail Shrier wrote about this phenomenon but it is frequenntly mentioned by detransitioners. It‘s not that these girls really want to be boys … they just don‘t want to be female… which is very sad but alas understandable. It’s not really a medical condition; it’s living in a patriarchal world where the translobby tries to erase women in a multitude of ways. So why stay a woman? Thanks Renate Klein
It is interesting to note difference is approach between the UK and Australian clinic in relation
To ‘affirmation’ and the alleged ‘safety’ of puberty blockers.
If ever there was a case for a move toward a more conservative approach in medicine it must be in the gender-dabbling arena. I find it difficult to see how this issue will not end badly for its protagonists.
AFFIRMATION
• NHS (England’s National Health Service): has issued new draft guidance for the treatment of gender dysphoria in minors, which sharply deviates from the “gender-affirming” approach. “Affirmation” has been largely eliminated from the language and the approach”.
• RCH (Royal Children’s Hospital): For pre-pubertal gender diverse children, assistance is provided to develop gender affirming environments both at home and at school
PUBERTY BLOCKERS
• NHS: States that the risks of puberty blockers are unknown and that they can only be administered in formal research settings.
• RCH: Puberty blockers suppress the development of secondary sex characteristics and are used for adolescents in the early stages of pubertal development. They are reversible in their effects.
"The RCH gender clinic had a policy of not consulting parents believed to be “ideologically” opposed to gender diversity, the 31st Medico-Legal Congress in Sydney was told in March."
Gender affirming clinicians worried about ideologically rigid parents- Oh the irony!
Very comprehensive and compelling article, Bernard. It seems like litigation may be one of the best hopes we have of safeguarding children and minors from the harms of gender medicine. A court of law is one place where the widespread "no debate" mandate (often dressed up as prohibiting "hate speech" but really a way to demonise/criminalise alternative viewpoints) cannot hold sway. Anyone interested in helping to raise public awareness and move towards a public inquiry, please follow us here: https://www.facebook.com/WatchfulWaitingOz
Thanks, Jenny. I wonder whether or not "no debate" will become enshrined in our legal institutions with the rise to influence of the current generation of law students. My impression is that our universities do not seek to imbue students with an understanding of the nature & rationale for freedom of expression. In various instances, the university administrators have shown themselves to be the enemies of free speech.
Yes, Bernard, absolutely; it's very concerning. I don't think people fully realise how comprehensive (and increasingly hard to wind back) the "Woke revolution" has been. Having infiltrated and essentially taken over the universities, they're shaping the younger generations who will run institutions in ways that fundamentally undermine democratic principles.
Yes, one area that needs close scrutiny is judicial training & the compiling of "bench books" to guide judges. I've seen bench books clearly influenced by queer theory.
Oh dear. It does show how seemingly easily an irrational ideology can disperse to all sectors of society without being challenged by those in positions of power and influence. I guess we’ve seen this happen before, historically. Jung would call it a mass psychosis. Very alarming and sad.
Thanks Bernard, as usual, a very good article. But please don‘t forget to mention that teenage girls who say that they are trans often do that a) because they want to escape enduring the many assaults on their female body (harassment by boys, sexual assault, rape, needing to agree to pornsex involving choking and anal sex) and b) because they are attracted to other girls/women but know that being a lesbian would not be acceptable to their parents. Abigail Shrier wrote about this phenomenon but it is frequenntly mentioned by detransitioners. It‘s not that these girls really want to be boys … they just don‘t want to be female… which is very sad but alas understandable. It’s not really a medical condition; it’s living in a patriarchal world where the translobby tries to erase women in a multitude of ways. So why stay a woman? Thanks Renate Klein
Fair point, Renate.
It is interesting to note difference is approach between the UK and Australian clinic in relation
To ‘affirmation’ and the alleged ‘safety’ of puberty blockers.
If ever there was a case for a move toward a more conservative approach in medicine it must be in the gender-dabbling arena. I find it difficult to see how this issue will not end badly for its protagonists.
AFFIRMATION
• NHS (England’s National Health Service): has issued new draft guidance for the treatment of gender dysphoria in minors, which sharply deviates from the “gender-affirming” approach. “Affirmation” has been largely eliminated from the language and the approach”.
• RCH (Royal Children’s Hospital): For pre-pubertal gender diverse children, assistance is provided to develop gender affirming environments both at home and at school
PUBERTY BLOCKERS
• NHS: States that the risks of puberty blockers are unknown and that they can only be administered in formal research settings.
• RCH: Puberty blockers suppress the development of secondary sex characteristics and are used for adolescents in the early stages of pubertal development. They are reversible in their effects.
Yes, Vincent. I wonder to what extent the cautious turn in England is known to health authorities here in Oz.
"The RCH gender clinic had a policy of not consulting parents believed to be “ideologically” opposed to gender diversity, the 31st Medico-Legal Congress in Sydney was told in March."
Gender affirming clinicians worried about ideologically rigid parents- Oh the irony!
Very comprehensive and compelling article, Bernard. It seems like litigation may be one of the best hopes we have of safeguarding children and minors from the harms of gender medicine. A court of law is one place where the widespread "no debate" mandate (often dressed up as prohibiting "hate speech" but really a way to demonise/criminalise alternative viewpoints) cannot hold sway. Anyone interested in helping to raise public awareness and move towards a public inquiry, please follow us here: https://www.facebook.com/WatchfulWaitingOz
Thanks, Jenny. I wonder whether or not "no debate" will become enshrined in our legal institutions with the rise to influence of the current generation of law students. My impression is that our universities do not seek to imbue students with an understanding of the nature & rationale for freedom of expression. In various instances, the university administrators have shown themselves to be the enemies of free speech.
Yes, Bernard, absolutely; it's very concerning. I don't think people fully realise how comprehensive (and increasingly hard to wind back) the "Woke revolution" has been. Having infiltrated and essentially taken over the universities, they're shaping the younger generations who will run institutions in ways that fundamentally undermine democratic principles.
Yes, one area that needs close scrutiny is judicial training & the compiling of "bench books" to guide judges. I've seen bench books clearly influenced by queer theory.
Oh dear. It does show how seemingly easily an irrational ideology can disperse to all sectors of society without being challenged by those in positions of power and influence. I guess we’ve seen this happen before, historically. Jung would call it a mass psychosis. Very alarming and sad.
Well, good ideas also spread by social contagion.
Good point!